Posts Tagged ‘New York’

Things aint so Rosie

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a “healthy kids fair” on the South Lawn of the White House. During the event the first lady did 142 swivels with a hula hoop. It’s the same hoop that Republicans are making Barack jump through to get health care passed.

The economic recession is hurting Louisiana’s American alligator industry. There is a sharp drop in world demand for alligator skin handbags, watch straps and belts. Louisiana may be eligible for federal gator aid.

Don’t confuse gator aid with the federal bailout of banks, big business and the auto industry…that’s a croc.

The economic recession is hurting the American alligator industry. There is a sharp drop in world demand for alligator skin handbags, watch straps and belts. See you later…..industry of alligator.

A cat rode two miles in New York City stuck in the engine compartment of an SUV. The police emergency unit was called and removed the cat safely. So 9-lives beat out a V-8.

It’s been reported that Rosie O’Donnell and her partner Kelli Carpenter may be on the rocks. Rumors that Kelli got in a balloon and flew away are not true.

Actually it wasn’t a balloon, that was Rosie.

A 50-year-old Wyoming man was charged with counterfeiting money to pay an exotic dancer. A taxi driver noticed the $50 bills looked odd and were not trimmed evenly. The exotic dancer looked odd and was not trimmed evenly either.

A 50-year-old Wyoming man was charged with counterfeiting $50 bills to pay an exotic dancer. Sadly, with today’s economy, the counterfeit bills have the same value as real bills.

A 50-year-old Wyoming man was charged with counterfeiting $50 bills to pay an exotic dancer. Phony money for phony boobs.

A 125-pound black bear wandered inside a grocery store in Wisconsin, went to the liquor department, climbed up a 12 foot shelf in the beer cooler and sat down. You know global warming is bad when bears are hiding out in the beer cooler at Ralph’s.

A 125-pound black bear wandered inside a grocery store in Wisconsin, went to the liquor department, climbed up a 12 foot shelf in the beer cooler and sat down. You just know some drunk is going to rent a bear suit and try that.

Toyota is experimenting with joystick controls for a new breed of compact cars and transporters. This may cut down on crashes. Men may take their hands off a wheel, but never off their joystick.

Something to sing about

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

A sokeswoman for Celine Dion says that Dion is pregnant with her second child. That’s the last thing we need. Something for Celine Dion to sing about.

A musician had left his 18th century violin worth about $600,000 in a New York City cab. A GPS device in the cab helped track down the vehicle and the violin. Odd that he left it in a cab. Most violinists play in the subway.

Producers of the movie “Pledge This!” starring Paris Hilton are suing the socialite for $8.3 million claiming that the film would not have bombed if Hilton had promoted the film properly. She didn’t promote her internet video and that thing did great.

What was the name of Paris Hilton’s internet video? “Pluck This?”

What was the name of Paris Hilton’s internet video? I think was “Snakes on a Dame.”

What was the name of Paris Hilton’s internet video? “District 69?”

New research has led doctors to think that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart may have died from a strep infection that led to kidney failure. How are they going to figure out what killed Mozart? They can’t even figure out what killed Michael Jackson.

No comment from Amadeus’ decedents Jermaine and Tito Mozart.

Michael Jackson will be buried at Forest Lawn-Glendale cemetary on August 29. i guess he won’t get his final wish and be buried in a children’s cemetary.

A 59-year-old man in New York fell down 30 feet through a rusted-out metal plate on the sidewalk after he stepped outside an Off-Track Betting Parlor to smoke a cigar. He called his wife from the bottom of the hole and she proceeded to give him a lecture about hanging out with his low-life friends in a betting parlor..

A 59-year-old man in New York fell down 30 feet through a rusted-out metal plate on the sidewalk after he stepped outside an Off-Track Betting Parlor. No need for Off-Track Betting, walking the streets of New York is a Gamble.

A 59-year-old man in New York fell down 30 feet through a rusted-out metal plate on the sidewalk after he stepped outside an Off-Track Betting Parlor to smoke a cigar. New York is a city you can fall for.

Workers preparing a neighborhood in Manhattan for the filming of an upcoming Queen Latifah movie saw several men start arguing and then bullets flying when someone started shooting. Out of habit to stop the shooting the movie people shouted “Cut!”

While President Obama gave a speech at a convention center in Phoenix about a dozen people were carrying guns while protesting outside, including one man carrying an AR-15 semi-automatinc rifle. You live in a country which lets you carry an assault weapon to a protest rally against your president….. You have nothing to protest against!

Meanwhile, Back at the Nude Dude Ranch

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

A federal judge has refused to give former Gov. Rod Blagojevich permission to travel to Costa Rica to appear in NBC’s reality show “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!” Blagojevich got in trouble trying to sell a seat, hope he doesn’t try to pay off a bench.

The judge pretty much told him “You’re Not a Celebrity and You’re Not Getting Out of Here.”

Bernard Madoff’s Mets season tickets sold on eBay for $38,100 which is well below the list price of $56,000. That’s peanuts, Madoff would have auctioned them off to thousands of people.

To show solidarity with the people of Sudan’s Darfur region, actress Mia Farrow says she will begin a hunger strike. It’s unprecedented for someone to begin a sympathetic hunger strike that’s thinner than the victims.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II turned 83 on Tuesday. In typical Queen fashion she waved it off.

A man was parking an SUV in a Manhattan parking garage when the vehicle crashed through a sixth-floor window and landed on a roof three stories below. New Yorkers are familiar with the expression “It fell off the truck,” but not “The truck fell off it.”

A lottery winner in Florida wants to open a nude dude ranch but local zoning laws and a nudity ban may cause problems. The ranch has many unusual activities. Most popular is the guessing game: Dude, where’s my scar?

A 100-year-old woman from New Jersey has become the oldest competitor in the U. S. Bowling Congress Women’s Championships. Amazing, she did it with rented shoes, rented ball and rented hip.

Files of the U.S. military’s most technologically advanced fighter aircraft have been compromised by computer hackers. Maybe they should have made sure their computers were the most technologically advanced.

A 21-year-old man who organized a pillow fight in front of a Vermont Mall was charged with disorderly conduct and being a little bit gay.

A 52-year-old woman in Ohio who took a job as an exotic dancer was attacked by a jealous co-worker on her first day. The co-worker repeatedly struck the woman with a stiletto heel. That’s just wrong. It’s cruel and unusual……A 52-year old stripper?

Barry Manilow: Mall Cop

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are teaming up to headline a benefit concert in New York City on April 4Th. Heather Mills took Paul to the cleaners. The economy is in the dumps. Maybe Paul and Ringo will have to live in that Yellow Submarine after all.

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association a record number of homeowners are behind on their payments. And those with adjustable mortgages have been paying a flat rate: zero.

A customer shopping for a wallet at a Wal-Mart found 10 human teeth when he unzipped a compartment. This would be a great wallet for R&B singer Chris Brown to endorse. It comes with extra teeth for your girlfriend.

A customer shopping for a wallet at a Massachusetts Wal-Mart found 10 human teeth when he unzipped a compartment. Or as Wal-Mart employees call it - a dental plan.

A customer shopping for a wallet at a Massachusetts Wal-Mart found 10 human teeth when he unzipped a compartment. You know the economy is bad when not only is your wallet empty - it can actually bite you in the ass.

Ten co-workers at an insurance company in New Jersey won a $216 million on a lottery. Ba-Da Ching!

The web-based tool twitter that allows people to send out text messages is getting very popular in Washington. The Obama administration may be known for it’s twitter. The Bush administration known for its twit.

Someone sent me a message from twitter. Does that make me a twittee?

The New Zealand city of Christchurch is going to broadcast songs by Barry Manilow through the mall district to convince unruly teenagers to go elsewhere. After hearing Manilow’s music they certainly won’t be going to the music store.

The New Zealand city of Christchurch is going to broadcast songs by Barry Manilow through the mall district to convince unruly teenagers to go elsewhere. Chasing kids from the mall. Manilow has become the new Paul Blart: Mall Cop.

Last weekend Siegfried and Roy performed with the same tiger that attacked Roy in 2003. The show was a benefit for a Cleveland clinic which treats brain disorders. The act was an example of risky behavior engaged in by people with brain disorders.

Jerry Seinfeld is returning to TV with a reality show titled “The Marriage Ref.” it will feature celebrities, comedians and sport stars offering advice to real-life couples. Ironically, many marriages have broken up because husbands spent too much time watching celebrities, sport stars and comedians on TV.

Video Games Good, Homework Bad

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

A transient man in Florida convinced a woman that he was the drummer for the rock band Foreigner and then stole her Corvette and crashed it. That is not right. In fact, It’s as “Cold as Ice.”

General Electric Co. paid hundreds of its workers to stop smoking. The paid participants were three times more likely to stop than non-paid. The downside - Even non smokers took up the habit just to get paid to stop.

A fourth grade teacher in Ohio had a side job as a prostitute, and used the school computer to arrange an afternoon tryst at a motel. Everyone was suspicious of her. Never trust a teacher who assigns an essay titled “Who You did over Your Summer Vacation.”

A new study out of Europe says that video games can be good for children. They encourage creativity and cooperation. Yeah, it gives kids skills to invent creative excuses for not doing their homework.

The wife of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff withdrew more than $15 million from a firm co-owned by her husband - including $10 million on the day before his arrest. Always put something aside for a rainy day….or bail money.

Police in Florida arrested a man that let his 8-year-old son drive a van. The boy hit two trees and nearly hit two people in a parking lot. Florida Seniors are impressed. They think the kid’s a show off.

A U.S. communications satellite collided with a defunct Russian satellite. Oops, Sputniked!

A man riding naked on a motorcycle crashed into an Arkansas state trooper when it was sleeting. Never rear-end a cop when your naked and stiff from the cold.

A person hit by a car was caught under a van and dragged nearly 17 miles through New York City before the driver realized it. These New Yorkers are resourceful. They’ll think of any way to use the carpool lane.

A person hit by a car was caught under a van and dragged nearly 17 miles through New York City before the driver realized it. This is not what their mechanic meant by the van getting some body work.

Smithsonian Wants Aretha’s Hat

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

The country’s mid section was hit by terrible cold weather and ice storms. In Kentucky, half a million homes were without electricity….and then the storm hit.

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps is seen smoking marijuana in a photo published by a British newspaper. Phelps learned a valuable lesson. Never accept “gold” from Amy Winehouse.

The Smithsonian Institution museum is requesting the hat that Aretha Franklin wore while singing at Obama’s swearing in. They want to place it next to other iconic political memorabilia like Bill Clinton’s pants.

The inauguration of Barack Obama was such a huge event. If the Smithsonian is requesting Aretha’s hat, Joe Biden’s worried they may ask for his hair.

A 17-year-old boy in upstate New York dressed as a girl to take a high school Regents exam in place of another student. School officials don’t want to comment, but after observing the student his grades could go either way.

Birmingham, England has decided to drop apostrophes from all its street signs, saying they’re confusing and old-fashioned. I hope this plan works out better than the time they decided to drop floss.

Computer users on Saturday morning who did Google searches got an erroneous message on every site saying “This site may harm your computer.” And guys doing searches got an additional message saying: “This site may harm your marriage.”

Will Play Saxophone for Fish

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

A trainer in Turkey has taught a walrus how to play the saxophone. Or as they call it on Broadway, Rosie Live!

President-elect Barack Obama said the economy seems destined to get worse before it gets better. Sure it’s going to get worse, Bush has 43 days left.

FBI figures show that more people are getting away with murder than ever before. But, this trend should slow down now that O.J. Simpson is in prison.

A 24-year-old man in Ohio is accused of DWI after doing “doughnuts” on a snow-and-ice covered airport runway in Pittsburgh. He told police he had permission from the FAA to test brakes on the runway. Unfortunately the permission was not from the Federal Aviation Administration, but from the Federated Asshole Academy.

The movie “Four Christmases” made $18.2 million at the box office to make it the winner for the second week in a row. Four Christmases earns 18 mil. I wonder how many Chanukah’s it would take to earn that much?

A retired New York City man has spent $7,500 fighting a $115 parking ticket. Shouldn’t this story read: A retarded New York City man has spent…….

To show the country how much it relies on gays and lesbians, some supporters of same-sex marriage are urging people to “call in gay” and skip work on Wednesday. Or, just forget it and skip to work.

dailynewsjokes June 20th 2008

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Scientists confirmed that they have successfully reversed a vasectomy on a horse from an endangered line that is already extinct in the wild. >> After the reversal he will go back to being a “Trojan” Horse.

A left foot has washed ashore off the coast of British Columbia. This is the fifth human foot to wash up in a year. Police will hop right on this case.

Since Canada is on the metric system. Do five feet translate to the same amount in the U.S.?

Due to celebrations of The Boston Celtics win over the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday night, Boston police arrested 23 people, most of them for disorderly conduct. In addition, the Lakers were charged with disorderly passing, shooting, defense, offense………

A woman in Ashland Oregon known as “The Naked Lady” is causing controversay because she wants to appear in the 4th of July parade leading in-line skaters “wearing only a hemp G-string and blowing a conch shell.” >> I don’t quite understand, but evidently it’s the conch-shell’s birthday.

A woman in Germany has had child support benifits cut off because she did not respond to official letters to supply evidence. She claims that she has a phobia of official correspondence. This must be the same disorder Wesley Snipes suffers from.

A cook at a Brooklyn restaurant in New York was caught stealing lobster tails from the freezer by stuffing them down his pants. He just wanted to give the crabs some company.